Chapter 185 The truth about Hongwan! Zhu Changluo: You idiot!
"Your Majesty...! Your Majesty, why did you just leave!"
"You want to leave! Just take my concubine with you! Without His Majesty in this world, what's the point of my concubine living...!"
"Your Majesty...!"
Xili's sad cry moved the heavens and the earth, and even the mosquitoes passing by shed tears.
Immediately afterwards.
Continuous wails sounded in the Dongnuan Pavilion, one after another, very rhythmic, and it looked like they had been rehearsed in advance.
Whether it's Concubine Zheng who has been a thorn in Emperor Taichang's side for decades, or the ministers of the five parties headed by Fang Congzhe, or the Donglin Party headed by Liu Yishui.
Every one of these old men is crying.
Liu Yishui: The second assistant in the first year of Taichang. After the death of Emperor Taichang, Xizong ascended the throne and Fang Congzhe was impeached and dismissed. Liu Yishui then took over as the first assistant. After Ye Xianggao came out for the second time, he gave up the first assistant and retired to the second assistant.
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At this moment, everyone was crying, whether they were really crying or fake crying.
Zheng's Fu Wang Party must be crying in a fake way, and I don't know if the Five Party members are really crying in a fake way, but the Donglin Party is definitely crying for real.
After all, the Donglin Party fought hard for decades in the Wanli Year to finally help Zhu Changluo ascend to power. It made such a big political sacrifice and finally waited for the day of reward. The fire of Donglin's rise has just started.
As a result, as soon as Taichang collapsed, most of it was wiped out in an instant.
And at the same time.
In the Dongnuan Pavilion, these wailing loyal ministers could not see at all. There were more than 20 people standing by and watching them quietly, and everyone's eyes were full of knives.
"I, I, I'm not dead yet! Why cry!"
The real Emperor Taichang of Taichang Time and Space had his eyes red with anger. He glared at the group of people in front of him and coughed violently.
Fortunately.
Ji Boying gave everyone the invisibility function, so Zheng and others could not hear the sound.
This invisibility function not only hides the body, but also hides all traces, including sounds and even reflections.
"If you cough twice more, you will be close to death."
Wuzong Zhu Houzhao glanced at Emperor Taichang and grinned.
Anyway, Emperor Taichang is not his direct descendant, so there is no psychological burden in saying a few words.
"You idiot, you are worse than me."
Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao raised his head proudly, he was finally not the one who suffered the most misfortune from his ministers.
In the view of Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao, he had been fighting for more than ten years and lost, and then he was finally forced to embark on a road that was easily soluble in water.
But this Emperor Taichang.
There was no fighting at all during the whole process, and it only lasted a month.
No, it’s twenty-nine days before and after.
From beginning to end, I was completely confused by GG.
"Brother, during the Taichang Dynasty, did a minister kill the king?"
Lao Zhu frowned. He did not expect that in his future life, there would be so many unscrupulous ministers. He glanced at the Taichang ministers who were crying in the Nuan Pavilion, and his tone contained an indifference that contained murderous intent.
Old Zhu Di, Zhu Laosi, including Xiao Zhusi, the young ancestor, all had murderous intent on their faces.
If a minister commits regicide and commits treason, he should be executed in Lingchi and the nine clans will be destroyed.
"Keep watching."
Ji Boying did not answer Lao Zhu's question directly, but just let everyone continue to watch the performance.
Taichang's death was not so much a regicide as a political necessity. After all, in the game of politics, the emperor was just one part of it.
Everyone took a deep breath and focused their attention on these Taichang ministers.
At this time, some of the people kneeling in the Nuan Pavilion had been forcibly cleared and dragged out of the Qianqing Palace, including Liu Yishen, a member of the Donglin Party who was the second assistant to the cabinet.
Not only Liu Yishui, but also several other important officials of the Donglin Party who were promoted from the front after Taichang ascended the throne were all forcibly kicked out.
Although Liu Yishen was very angry about this, he had no choice.
After all, Fang Congzhe is now the chief minister of the cabinet and the top leader of the court. Zheng is the favored concubine of Wanli and the backer of the Fu Wang Party in the court. Xi Li is the favored concubine of the Daxing Emperor and the stepmother of the subsequent emperor, and will have the strongest political capital in the future.
These people all agreed that Liu Yishen could only endure his defeat.
After all the Donglin Party members were driven out and the area was completely cleared, Fang Congzhe stood up calmly and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a silk handkerchief. Inadvertently, a small piece of grapefruit peel fell out of his sleeve.
When the horse boy next to him saw this, he quickly picked it up and hid it.
There were eunuchs who had already brought the utensils needed for the imperial edict.
"Old Fangge."
This will happen.
Zheng and Xi Li also stopped crying. They cried when they wanted to, and they didn't cry when they didn't want to. They were all good actors. They looked at Fang Congzhe with a fiery look in their eyes.
"I know."
Fang Congzhe glanced at the two girls, saluted and nodded.
Next, Fang Congzhe will personally write the final edict of Emperor Daxing as the chief minister of the cabinet.
The emperor's edict is an extremely critical thing. It can be said that whoever masters the edict will have the initiative in the temple in the future.
The most representative example is Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shuaiguo, who ascended to heaven with two posthumous edicts.
The first posthumous edict was written after the death of the Jiajing Immortal. Xu Jie asked Zhang Juzheng to draft the posthumous edict but rejected Gao Gong. This time, he directly brought Zhang Juzheng into the cabinet.
In the second posthumous edict, Zhang Juzheng directly overthrew the arrogant Gao Gong and became the chief minister of the cabinet, all by holding the pen that wrote the Longqing posthumous edict.
The edict included several relatively conventional contents, such as reviewing the governance achievements during the reign, reviewing one's own mistakes, announcing who would inherit the throne in the future, telling ministers to continue working hard to assist the new emperor, and discussing funeral ceremonies.
What should I do?
After writing the regular content, the next step is to enter the stage of free play, commonly known as showmanship.
Fang Congzhe probably never would have thought that when he was carefully drafting this Taichang edict, more than twenty ancestors of the Ming Dynasty would stand in a circle around him and look at him.
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They were all gnashing their teeth, and their eyes were filled with beady eyes that wanted to eat him alive.
"This bitch dared to write a will in such a random way. It was a waste of my trust in him in the past!"
Emperor Taichang gritted his teeth, his pale cheeks turned red with anger. He wanted to take action several times, but was restrained by Wuzong Zhu Houzhao on the side.
Old Zhu Abiao, Old Zhu Di, Zhu Laosi and others looked at what Fang Congzhe wrote in the edict, all with frowns and cold eyes.
Especially Lao Zhu.
"When did our Ming Emperor's edicts come to be drafted by his ministers?"
In Lao Zhu's view, the posthumous edict should have been written in advance by the emperor personally or by his ministers while he was still alive, and then sealed after his death. However, now it is written by the ministers after the emperor's death.
Ministers wrote edicts and used them to gain political capital for the next dynasty. This was also a major feature of the middle and late Ming Dynasty.
‘Party fighting.’
Ji Boying looked at what Fang Congzhe wrote in the edict.
The general idea is very simple.
To summarize.
Zheng is a wise man and should be promoted to the throne of Empress Dowager and assist the Crown Prince.
Xili is a wise man and should be promoted to the throne of empress dowager and assist the crown prince.
Fang Congzhe and the other members of the five parties are all loyal and virtuous ministers, loyal to the emperor, and dedicated to the country. They should be promoted to the center of the six ministries, receive additional rewards, and become the pillars of the court. Fang Congzhe, in particular, should assist the crown prince.
Cui Wensheng has made great achievements in introducing medicine and should be rewarded. He should be promoted to the eunuch Bingbi, the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Li Kezhuo's meritorious service in offering the elixir should be rewarded.
Judging from this edict, no matter what they have done, whether they are prescribing laxatives to the emperor or giving red pills to the emperor, as long as they are members of the Fuwang Party and the Five Parties and One Faction, they can benefit from the edict.<
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The members of the Donglin Party, including Liu Yishen, the current top leader of Donglin, completely defeated the Donglin Party in the imperial edict.
In fact, this is Fang Congzhe.
I mentioned him before in Wanli Time and Space.
Overall, this Fang Congzhe is not actually a bad person.
But he is extremely enthusiastic about party struggles in the court, so everything Fang Congzhe does may not be from his original intention, but it is definitely in the interests of the five parties.
This is different from Ye Xianggao. Although Ye Xianggao was born in the Donglin Party, he tried his best to reconcile the relationship between the parties when he was in power, and even wanted to eliminate partisanship at one time.
Of course.
After the Donglin Party quickly and completely fell into corruption after its rise in Tianqi Year, Ye Xianggao was also powerless.
This is like the bald national army in the middle and late period. Can you say that there are no loyal people in the national army?
General Zhang Zizhong, the heroic spirit will last forever.
From the perspective of later generations, it can only be said that the national army at that time had been corrupted from the inside out, and even those who were willing were unable to recover.
Baldy Jiang himself knew this very well, just like Ye Xianggao during the Tianqi years, he also knew very well what the Donglin Party had become.
History books say that Ye Xianggao resigned because he couldn't stand the Eunuch Party. In fact, it was probably because he was extremely disappointed with his Donglin Party that he returned home.
"Two empresses, I have written the edict."
Fang Congzhe put down his pen and took a long breath. He had been working on this draft for more than ten days, and now it was finally realized.
Next, all you need to do is stamp the seal, wait until the successor emperor ascends the throne, announce the edict and tell it to the world, and the edict will take effect.
Zheng and Xi Li were excited when they heard this. They both stood up and rushed towards the edict. When they saw the content of the edict, they could not suppress the joy on their faces.
In their opinion.
The imperial power of the Ming Dynasty will soon be in his own hands.
There are five parties guarding the outside, and the inner court is convinced. Who else in the world can be my enemy?!
"Li Jinzhong, please immediately take this edict to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to seal it."
Although Xi Li was laughing crazy in his heart, the expression on his face still maintained sadness. This is the self-cultivation of an excellent actor.
"Obey!"
Li Jinzhong in Xili's mouth is Wei Zhongxian who will be nine thousand years old in the future.
Wei Zhongxian will be regarded as Xi Li's lackey, and the surname Li seems to be relatively close to him.
After all, Jiu Qiansui is just a bastard in the inner court, looking for firewood, and he is not ranked among the great eunuchs.
Wei Zhongxian carefully accepted the edict, and was also very excited.
After all, generally speaking, only eunuchs with seals are qualified to do things like posthumous edicts and seals. Now that it is left to me, doesn’t it mean that the leader needs to reuse him?
"Two ladies, please act according to your plan."
After Fang Congzhe handed over the imperial edict, he saluted Zheng and Xi Li. He breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't even sleep well these days.
"Don't worry, Mr. Fang."
Xi Li's face is filled with a confident smile.
"As long as I stay here in the Qianqing Palace for a day, the prince, oh no, your majesty will not be able to leave for a day."
Mrs. Zheng also laughed.
"On the contrary, First Assistant Fang, in the next few days, you will have to work hard on matters related to the outer court."
"You must not forget the promise I made to you before to allow King Fu to return to Beijing."
Fang Congzhe paused, then nodded slightly.
"It is the duty of the minister to stabilize the court."
The division of labor among them is obviously very clear.
On the one hand, he controlled the next emperor, Zhu Youxiao, in the inner court, and on the other hand, he cleaned up the court in the outer court. After the court was cleared, the emperor could ascend the throne and issue a posthumous edict.
‘The truth of this red pill case is very clear.’
Ji Boying looked calm. The reason why he let such a group of emperors watch quietly here was to see clearly the truth of this Hongwan case and who is the leader and who is the recipient of the benefits.
"Look at the good woman you love!"
"Disaster for the country and the people!"
Old Wanli slapped Zhu Changluo on the forehead.
What he was talking about was obviously Xili.
‘Bah!’
‘Bah!’
Old Wanli just finished speaking.
Two slaps fell instantly on both sides of Old Wanli's cheeks. The Jiajing Immortal and the young Zhu Houcong, one on the left and the other on the right, each gave Old Wanli a big mouth.
"Look at the good woman you love!"
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What the two Zhu Houcong were talking about was obviously the Zheng family.
"I..."
Old Wanli clenched his fists and was about to speak.
There was another 'pop' sound, and Longqing's little bee followed in the footsteps of Jiajing's father, and gave Lao Wanli a king to cover the earth.
Old Wanli's eyes were red, and he felt extremely aggrieved.
Wanli Time and Space, it’s me who gets beaten.
In Taichang Time and Space, it’s me who gets beaten.
Old Wanli: ‘What do you mean? If you want to hit me, just say so. If you want to fight, just set up a one-on-one situation. If you go around and around, you are not a hero!’
Ji Boying glanced at Old Wanli.
Lao Wanli's beating was actually not unfair.
The reason why the Zheng family was able to do such nonsense was all due to a posthumous edict from Old Wanli.
The secretary of history knew very well that before his death, Lao Wanli left a will, asking the Ministry of Rites to prepare a ceremony to ennoble the Zheng family as queen. This was tantamount to preserving the Zheng family's political influence.
Because it was his father's death, Emperor Taichang could only hold his nose and admit it after he ascended the throne. The decree was sent to the Ministry of Rites, but he was forcibly dragged away by the Ministry of Rites.
Lao Zhu, who was next to Ji Boying, looked completely dark at this moment.
In the eyes of Lao Zhu.
The harem is in chaos, the sycophants are in power, the eunuchs are in power, what should appear and what should not appear, what kind of bullshit and ghosts are all here at this moment.
If it weren't for Ji Boying's presence, Lao Zhu would have already swung the mace in his hand, one by one.
"It's time to wake up."
Ji Boying looked at the national first-class actor lying on the royal couch, Zhu Changluo, the crown prince of Wanli Supervisory State.
This sound can only be heard by Zhu Changluo himself.
However, it was obvious that Zhu Changluo, who was lying on the royal couch, did not react at all to this shout, and looked like a dead man.
This kid seems to be asleep.
"Pa."
The Wuzong Zhu Houzhao who was closest to Zhu Changluo's imperial couch looked like a big-eared guy.
Visible to the naked eye, the left side of Zhu Changluo's face was rapidly red and swollen.
"What sound?!"
The moment this big-eared voice sounded.
The faces of Zheng, Xi Li, Fang Congzhe, and Zhu Youxiao who were guarding the imperial couch all changed.
The Wanli Crown Prince Zhu Changluo is not invisible, so the sounds that happen to him can be heard.
Especially Zhu Youxiao, he clearly heard that the voice came from his dead father.
"It should be just a rumor. Don't make a fuss. The late emperor has passed away and the deal is done. Everyone will just proceed according to the plan."
"Success is only in these last few days."
Zheng acted like a big sister, commanding the audience, and was the first to regain her composure.
Zhu Youxiao, who was kneeling beside the bed without speaking a word and with anger brewing in his heart, subconsciously looked up at this moment, his pupils shrank sharply, and his whole body became numb instantly.
Fraud! Fraud! Fraud!
"Are you done with the total?"
A voice sounded faintly in Dongnuan Pavilion.
"It's over."
Xi Li's eyes were full of expectations for the position of empress dowager, and he smiled and answered subconsciously.
Just finished.
Deng.
Suddenly, my heart was startled.
Xi Li, Zheng Shi, Fang Congzhe and some major figures of the Five Parties.
Even Wei Zhongxian, who had just reached the threshold, subconsciously turned around and looked towards the imperial couch. When he saw the 'Emperor Daxing' who was slowly sitting up and covering his red and swollen left face, he was shocked as the imperial edict fell to the ground in his hand.<
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Voices of all: Zhu Changluo, you old man!
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